Chinese Odyssey CD review?

runsatdawn — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:09:52 +0000

Hi! I'm currently looking into multimedia options for learning Chinese. I found I really enjoyed the Multimedia companion for Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 1, and found it to be an extremely useful learning tool. Unfortunately, Level 1, Part 1 is still the only portion of Integrated Chinese that has the multimedia companion CD -- the rest of the series just has audio CDs and textbooks/workbooks.

In terms of multimedia content, it looks like Chinese Odyssey was geared around it, which interests me a great deal. Can anyone who has seen both compare and contrast the Integrated Chinese Multimedia Comanion with the Chinese Odyssey multimedia? Or can someone who's got the Chinese Odyssey CDs write a good review that highlights the strengths and weaknesses they found when they went through it? Unfortunately there's no preview lesson available from the CD for CO yet, so I can't just check that.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Navigating the Internet in Chinese

Laurel — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:50:58 +0000

Do you ask your students to do reading or research on Internet sites that are written in Chinese? What are your favorite sites for them to use to find Chinese news or learn about Chinese culture?